Former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been appointed to the International Advisory Board of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council).
This was contained in a press statement made available to the press by the former President’s Special Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze on Wednesday.
The statement noted that by this appointment, Dr. Jonathan becomes the first sub-Saharan African leader to serve on the board of the ECAM Council, a non-profit organisation established with the purpose of promoting and developing relations between the countries of Europe, Africa and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, with Italy playing a leading role.
Other members of the Advisory board, the statement obtained by the Newsguru.com are the former Prime Minister of Britain,Tony Blair; former President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso; Secretary General of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf; and Amani Abou-Zeid who is the Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy at the African Union Commission (AUC).
The document further quoted a letter from ECAM Council to the Office of Dr. Jonathan of informing him of the appointment, stating that the Chairman of ECAM Council, Dr. Kamel Ghribi is well acquainted with Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
“We are setting up an international advisory board of ECAM Council and Dr. Ghribi would be delighted to welcome him on board.”
It noted that the Council was “founded with the purpose of developing realistic, effective and long-lasting solutions for more sustainable healthcare systems, with a special focus on the common issues affecting the Southern hemisphere of the globe.”
Dr. Jonathan will be attending this year’s ECAM Council’s high-level advisory board meeting holding in Italy on 30th May, the statement obtained by thenewsguru.com was further intimated.
“Every year in Italy, ECAM Council hosts a summit, in cooperation with The European House – Ambrosetti. It brings together a selected group of heads of state, government ministers and heads of multilateral agencies and focuses on long-term investment and international partnerships in healthcare and infrastructure, as well as the contribution of the private sector in creating strategic hubs in the African continent.”